Gone and booked CBT

[Graham]

Well Guys its probably 24 years since I last road a bike on the road and that wasnt strictly legal but I've competed and won in a fair few trials and done the odd bit of offroad since.

After stopping at the ducati shop this morning and looking at the new monster 696 I've gone and booked a cbt for next month, not only that but another mate has will be joining me....


so look out for a couple of (almost) 40 year old new bikers shortly <LOL>

cheers

G

[randlemarcus]

Huzzah

Welcome to the dark side. if you want a comedy viewpoint on the whole thing, look up Nervous. He's going through the whole thing now (but probably with more anodised tat than you'll want on a Ducati)

[Sossige]

Good luck Graham, I'm currently going through the CBT process myself at the moment.

[LongLiveTazio]

I'm booking mine as soon as my new credit card comes through the post...

[Graham]

just found a couple of theory test examples

so far

49/50
and
50/50

just need to practice the dreaded hazard perception...test ( what a bunch of random wnak they are)

[RemaL]

good luck mate

you'll have fun

[Graham]

I've already decided on my first track day.... It has to be Cadwell

[Chilli]

Good luck mate, doesn't sound like you'll need to much though.

Agree with the hazard perception bit.....total toilet.

[Brite spark]

Graham said:

I've already decided on my first track day.... It has to be Cadwell

there is a company that does a track based cbt/das, been discussed on here before

[Hooli]

good on ya, we always need new bikers

[JackHolroyde]

Welcome to the party!
Be careful what you post about legalities on here- we have a grass who's cost me my job before
Otherwise - good luck.
Not sure the monster is the best first bike, unless Duke have seriously improved reliablity recently, which they have alleged to have done, but i'll believe it when I see it

[nervous]

randlemarcus said:

Huzzah

Welcome to the dark side. if you want a comedy viewpoint on the whole thing, look up Nervous. He's going through the whole thing now (but probably with more anodised tat than you'll want on a Ducati)

all of the above is true.

[Graham]

JackHolroyde said:

Welcome to the party!
Be careful what you post about legalities on here- we have a grass who's cost me my job before
Otherwise - good luck.

I think the statute of limitations has run out on that one... although the biggest laugh i've every had was hiring a kwaka z1100 at 15 whilst on holiday in Thailand... no licence no lid and could barely touch the ground it was only for an hour but what a rush...

JackHolroyde said:

Not sure the monster is the best first bike, unless Duke have seriously improved reliability recently, which they have alleged to have done, but i'll believe it when I see it

<LOL> dont forget I drive and race TVR's

Im sure i could forgive this most things



and technically it would be about my 4th bike, although first road bike

[JackHolroyde]

*drool*
Ok - you win. I'm off to spend some intimate time with that picture...

[Graham]

JackHolroyde said:

*drool*
Ok - you win. I'm off to spend some intimate time with that picture...

in that case here's another




I only stopped at the bike shop on a whim to look at what the differences were on the monster range. the 695 quickly became the obvious option. its also a bit lower than the others, and although im 6ft I have short legs!!!! so thats handy.

I wanted to sit on one, and the one not on a bike stand was the 696 pre-production demo they had..

mmmm sold.... im just resisting putting a deposit down now for one of the first batch !!!!!

[LongLiveTazio]

How much? Gorgeous looking bike.

[Graham]

LongLiveTazio said:

How much? Gorgeous looking bike.

5.5k on the road, and they seem to hold value quite well

[LongLiveTazio]

Same as a Street Triple. Hmm!